Saaiman vs Wellmaker

Who won Saaiman vs Wellmaker?

Malcolm Wellmaker beat Cameron Saaiman by knockout in the 1st round during the prelims of UFC Fight Night, on Saturday 26th April 2025 at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 135 pounds (9.6 stone or 61.2 KG).

Saaiman vs Wellmaker stats

Cameron Saaiman stepped into the octagon with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 1 by submission.

Malcolm Wellmaker made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 8 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 2 by submission.

This was Cameron Saaiman's 6th fight in the UFC, having made his debut for the promotion in 2022. Malcolm Wellmaker marked his 1st fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2025.

Cameron Saaiman's UFC record stood at 3-3-0, while Malcolm Wellmaker's came in at 1-0-0.

The stats suggested Saaiman had an advantage in power over Wellmaker, with a 67% knock out percentage over Wellmaker's 50%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Wellmaker had an advantage over Saaiman, with a 25% submission rate over Saaiman's 11%.

Cameron Saaiman was the younger man by 6 years, at 24 years old.

Wellmaker had a height advantage of 1 inch over Saaiman.

Saaiman was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 3 more fights, and made his debut in 2019, 2 years and 6 months earlier than Wellmaker, whose first professional fight was in 2022. He had fought 10 more professional rounds, 27 to Wellmaker's 17.

Saaiman vs Wellmaker form

Saaiman had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going to the judges once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Payton Talbott at UFC Fight Night: Ribas vs. Namajunas on 23rd March 2024 by knockout in the 2nd round at UFC Apex, Las Vegas, United States.

Previous to that, he had been beaten by Christian Rodriguez at UFC Fight Night – Yusuff vs Barboza on 14th October 2023 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at UFC Apex, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had won against Terrence Mitchell at UFC 290 on 8th July 2023 by knockout in the 1st round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Before that, he had beaten Mana Martinez at UFC 285 on 4th March 2023 by majority decision in their 3 round contest at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

He had defeated Steven Koslow at UFC 282 on 10th December 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas.

Activity check

Saaiman's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 5 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What time did Saaiman vs Wellmaker start?

The fighters were expected to walk out at around 11:15 PM UTC , which was 7:15 PM EST or 4:15 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 12:15 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Saaiman vs Wellmaker?

Cameron Saaiman was a 57/50 (+110) underdog going into the contest, while Malcolm Wellmaker made his way into the ring at 7/10 (-140) with oddsmakers.